Movie Review: Lone Survivor

The term “War is Hell” could not describe this movie any better.Lone Survivor stars Mark Wahlberg, Taylor Kitsch, Emile Hirsch, Ben Foster and Eric Bana and and is the violent, painfully realistic, gut wrenching eyewitness account of an ill fated US Navy SEAL mission to capture a notorious Taliban leader.The audience is taken on an exasperating ride as four US NAVY SEALS fight for their lives, for their country, and most of all for each other. Based on the Based on the nonfiction book of the same name, Four SEALs are dropped into the mountains of Afghanistan in 2005 on a singular mission, the men prepare to engage their target but are discovered by goat herders. An old man and two younger men. The Seals are faced with a dilemma. Do they kill the herders and live with the consequences as a casualty of war or consider the mission compromised. They decide to release the herders, a fateful decision, scrap the mission and call for an evacuation, but communication is almost impossible to establish from their mountainous position. The SEALS move to higher ground and use a Satellite phone to reach base camp further exposing themselves. Once communication is made the SEAL team hunker down and await pickup but it is not in time. They are surrounded. They are soon set upon by a large group of Taliban fighters and realize that escape is no longer an option.The SEALs are in a fight for their lives.They literally have to fight their way off of the mountain by jumping OFF the mountain. They men are riddled with bullets as they engage the Taliban in a hell raising firefight. But they push on and fight their way off the mountain precipices. Down the mountain they go tumbling, breaking bones on each impact, bullets flying by, Taliban warriors in hot pursuit. The Seal team is picked off one by one until their is only a lone survivor, Corpsman Marcus Luttrell (Mark Walhberg) . Saved by a mortar explosion that has tossed him into a crevice into cover, out of sight and in very bad shape. When Luttrel awakens he musters the strength to walk his battered and broken body, with a severely broken leg, out of the mountain pass. Luttrell pauses to drink from a stream and is discovered by Afghan villagers. Thinking the end is near, he is in disbelief as the villagers offer to help Luttrell. They take him to their village and send help and administer aid to Luttrel. But Luttrels ordeal isn’t over just yet. The Taliban has discovered him in the village. His life is in the hands of his Afghan protectors as they fight against the Taliban in one final battle for his life. Go see Lone Survivor.

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Damion Gross was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, now residing in Port Deposit, Maryland, and currently employed as a Program Analyst in Washington, DC. Damion has over ten years of experience in the entertainment field as an actor in film, commercials and has done voiceover radio and co-hosted a podcast/internet radio show (www.snpradio.com). He has written entertainment reviews for podcasts and newsletters for his men's basketball organization. He is very active in his community and serves on various boards and employees advisory councils. Entertainment is his passion in life. Sports come a close second. To learn about him visit www.damiongross.com or follow him on Twitter @DamionGOGETEM